I sometimes hear about “atop”, wonder “Why don’t I have this installed?”, install it, discover that it starts (and requires) two additional daemon processes, at which point I remember, and promptly uninstall it again.
Yes; the bit that manages the process accounting and the other bit for writing the log files...
Personally I consider two processes and 40MB of ram to be negligible for the benefits it brings.
You can indeed use it as a standalone top without either of these processes too. You're just giving up one of the main benefits (replayable logs) outside of the extra stats.
Personally I consider two processes and 40MB of ram to be negligible for the benefits it brings.
You can indeed use it as a standalone top without either of these processes too. You're just giving up one of the main benefits (replayable logs) outside of the extra stats.
In short; you're moaning about what exactly?